noun suffixes
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- algia-
-
pain
ex: arthralgia, otalgia, neuralgia, myalgia - -cele
-
hernia
ex: rectocele, cystocele - -centesis
- surgical puncture to remove fluid
- -coccus
- berry-shaped bacterium (plural: bacteria)
- -cyte
- cell
- -dynia
-
pain
ex: pleurodynia - pain in the pleural lining - -ectomy
- excision, removal, resection
- -emia
- blood condition
- -genesis
- condition of producing, forming
- -genic
- pertaining to, producing, produced by or in
- -gram
-
record
ex: electroencephalogram - -graphy
- process of recording
- -itis
- inflamation of
- -ology
- study of
- -lysis
- breakdown, destruction, separation
- -malacia
- softening
- -megaly
- enlargement
- -oma
- tumor, mass, collection of fluid
- -opsy
- to view
- -osis
- condition , usally abnormal
- -pathy
-
disease condition
ex: cardiomyopathy - -penia
- deficiency
- -phobia
- fear of
- -plasia
- development, formation, growth
- -plasty
- surgical repair
- -ptosis
- drooping, sagging, prolapse
- -scelerosis
- hardening
- -scope
- instrument for visual examination
- -scopy
- process of visual examination
- -stasis
- stopping, controlling
- -ostomy
- opening to form a mouth (stoma)
- -therapy
- treatment
- -tomy
- incision, cut into
- -trophy
- nourishment, development
- -er
- one who
- -ia
- condition
- -ist
- one who specializes in
- -ole
- little, small
- -ule
- little, small
- -um, -ium
- structure, tissue, thing
- -y
- condition, process